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...Ross Hunter, a man who makes bad movies (Magnificent Obsession, Imitation of Life) on principle-the principle that most moviegoers are housewives and most housewives don't care if the story is dull so long as the furniture is interesting. What's more, the picture stars Sandra Dee, a young woman who looks like everything the sociologists say is wrong with American teen-agers and acts as though she can't wait to get the picture over with and count her salary...
...raucously hilarious situation comedy in which two hearty old-timers (Maurice Chevalier, Hermione Gingold) and two vigorous newcomers (Robert Goulet, Andy Williams) really bust up the producer's fancy furniture and even manage to make Sandra sometimes act like an actress instead of a sick kid with the Dee tease...
...Harry Belafonte, Sammy Davis Jr., Ethel Waters, Lena Horne-and the dramatic roles open to Negroes have generally been stereotypes or slim pickings. But suddenly there is a new range of Negro roles and a new generation of Negro actors to fill them-Sidney Poitier, James Earl Jones, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, and now Diana Sands...
SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Kay Kendall, in one of her most delightful performances, as stepmother to The Reluctant Debutante, with Rex Harrison and Sandra Dee...
...accompanists through the basic jazz vocabulary like a teacher running a spelling bee; posing questions in rhythm and harmony, she would close her eyes to listen for the answers on bass and drums. Often she seemed concerned with cliches. But somehow, when her fingers sounded the familiar oo-bla-dee and ba-ree-bop, the old phrases rang like new coinage. Which was only right, since Mary Lou minted them first. In the old days when she played "zombie music" and early bop, her style was constantly in transition, constantly a skip ahead of jazz. Now, "playing in the tradition...